RELIGION
& SOCIETY

Scientology opens huge
new Australasian headquarters in Sydney (news.com.au) Sept 6 - IN A well-heeled suburb surrounded by bushland on Sydney’s north
shore, a hulking concrete monolith designed as a “scientific wonderland” with
soundproof rubber rooms peers out from its camouflaged position built into a
hillside.

Also:
Scientologists fighting
decline (The Australian) Sept 10 - Sydney has become home to what Scientology calls its biggest
­“spiritual centre” outside of the United States.